Be Still and Know...Then and Now

Well this week was definitely a departure for us down here in the south. the eight-ish inches of snow we experienced sent nearly the entire state into a snow induced coma and we found ourselves snowed in for the entire week.  Sunday, January 9 It doesn't happen often down south but when it does it totally sends almost everything into a tail spin. The meteorologist got it right this time and the predicted snow began to fall right on schedule Sunday evening. It started to accumulate about 10:00 PM…   About 30 minutes later we had about 1/2 an inch… By the time I went to bed at about 11:30 PM it was well over an inch…   Monday, January 10 Schools close for day one and I awoke to this….       The hubs and the DD spent some time outside with the neighborhood children on the sled, you can click here for more pictures and a post about that. I had made the necessary pantry stocking on Saturday at the grocery store so I had plenty of food stuffs f...

Well it’s day two of the 2011 Snow Jam, the roads are frozen over, the mail is not running and all the schools are closed for the second consecutive day. I anticipate them being closed yet again tomorrow. We got a whopping 8 inches of snow in my area and since Sunday evening the temps have been hovering at or below freezing. It snowed all night long on Sunday and then on Monday by mid morning it turned to a steady few hours worth of freezing rain so now all the snow is covered with a nice thick shell of ice. Monday morning we opened our front door to see this tidy little snow drift baring our path to the front walk, it was like little House on the Prairie Homecoming Christmas special, I had visions of  Mr. Edwards trudging through the snow to get to the safety of the Ingalls’ cabin…..   The hubs dove back in the storage area in the garage and retrieved the long abandoned sled. We all donned our multiple layers and spent a few moments out in the snow. Let it never be said ...

Thankfully I am feeling a bit better. I managed to shower, wash my hair and actually get out of my bathrobe on Thursday. I cooked for the first time yesterday, chicken chili which was good. Today I feel almost normal. I still have a slight cough and a bit of the sniffles. The world returned to normal very quickly as I have a few loads of laundry yet to do and since I am back in the land of the living I now have to think of what to cook for supper again tonight. Why oh why does my family insist in easting on a regular basis???? The weather people are all in a tizzy in these parts as we are currently under a winter weather advisory. Some of the schools in the southern areas of the state have already been closed and they are predicting the snow to hit later this afternoon. Never fear, I am prepared with an extra gallon of milk, and unopened container of coffee, plenty of coffee creamer, hot cocoa mix, mini marshmallows and lots chicken noodle soup to last for a good long while. ...